Wladimir Putin claims that Russia would finance the Wagner group

After the uprising organized by Yevgeny Prigozhin and his men, the Russian president stated that Russia would fully pay the mercenaries of the group and that Wagner had received no less than 86 billion rubles from the government between the beginning of the year and May 2023. Prigozhin is in Russian exile and his men will no longer fight in Ukraine because he refuses to sign an agreement with the Ministry of Defense.